The Export Trade

"The Export Trade" is one of fifteen short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the eleventh Saint book The Brighter Buccaneer published in 1933. It had previously been published in the newspaper Empire News as "Diamond Cut Diamond".

Plot
Simon Templar is hired to transport a valuable necklace to Paris, but the Saint has other ideas. This story takes place prior to the events of the story "The Man from St. Louis" (from the preceding book, Once More the Saint) and has a sequel in "The Five Thousand Pound Kiss". This is also the first Saint story since She Was a Lady in which recurring character Patricia Holm does not appear.

Television adaptation
"The Export Trade" was adapted as an episode of The Saint starring Roger Moore retitled "A Double in Diamonds" and was first broadcast during the show's fifth season on 5 May 1967.